Posted by fleeting flutterby on August 7, 2008, at 15:40:03
In reply to Re: anyone understand?, posted by pegasus on August 7, 2008, at 9:31:10
> This is reminding me of a couple of books I've read, so I thought I'd mention them.
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> First, a great book about focusing on what you actually have control over, and recognizing that other are responsible for their own stuff is: http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Anger-Changing-Patterns-Relationships/dp/006074104X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218119134&sr=8-1. She's written some other bestselling books too, but I haven't read them. The Dance of Anger does talk about anger, but it's very generalizable to any way that we express wanting to change how other people behave.
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> The other book I'm thinking of here is http://www.amazon.com/Drinking-Love-Story-Caroline-Knapp/dp/0385315546/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218119328&sr=1-1.
> It's an incredible account of one woman's alcohol addiction. I think it's a fantastic education for anyone who has a need to understand what goes on in the mind of an alcoholic.
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> I hope these are helpful to someone out in cyber space.
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> peg<<
Oh thank you! I really like to read.... wonder if these books will be in my towns tiny library..... I'm going to see. Those books sound so interesting. I hope I can find them.thanks again.
flutterby-mandy
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